English
Shaptul
Shaptul comes from Uyghur شاپتۇل ‘Shaptul, Xiaputule’, from Persian شفتالو ‘nectarine’, and ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xšwiptah ‘milk’.
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*xšwiptah‘milk’reconstructed
- Persianc. 900–presentشفتالوšaftâlu‘nectarine’
- Uyghurmodernشاپتۇلshaptul‘Shaptul, Xiaputule’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876Shaptul
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*xšwiptah‘milk’reconstructed
- Persianc. 900–presentشفتالوšaftâlu‘nectarine’
- Uyghurmodernشاپتۇلshaptul‘Shaptul, Xiaputule’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876Shaptul
Earliest quotation: 1876, Thomas Edward Gordon, The Roof of the World: “Farther on we passed the villages of Kazan Kul…”
Every English word from Proto-Iranian *xšwiptah
Today it means
name A town in Payzawat, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Iranian *xšwiptah / Shaptul